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Nathaniel Olacao, etal vs Nat'l Labor Rel. Comm eta

NATHANIEL OLACAO, ALBERTO AGUILON, AMADO AGUILON, LIBERATO AGUILON, VENANCIO AGUILON, CENON AGUILON, CESAR ALCANTARA, FRANCISCO ALERIA, FRUCTUOUSO ALERIA, PEDRO ALERIA, IGNACIO ALMAQUIO, FRANCISCO AMONGAN, MARCELINO AREGLON, HONORIO ARANDIA, TEODORO ASOQUE, SERGIO BAGUIO, TIRSO BAGUIO, SENANDO BAJA, VELLAJUADO BALENIA, SIMPLICIO BANOC, FELIPE BAROLA, PEDRO BAROLA, EDILBERTO BARON, PATROCINIO BARON, CONRADO BASTIDA, MACASAWANG BAUTE, CRESENCIO BONGCAHIG, LEONORA BUSTAMANTE, PABLO BUSTAMANTE, CELEDONIO BUTULAN, LEOPOLDO CAGUTOM, IGMIDIO CAINGLET, GAUDENCIO CAMELLOTES, LEONARDO CAMELLOTES, FORTUNATO CAPILITAN, FRANCISCO CAPILITAN, RAFAEL CARAMAT, FRANCISCO CARTEGENA, NAPOLEON CASTRO, FERMIN CASTILLO, ROBERTO CATIPAY, BERNARDO CEBUCO, ANTONIO CELOSIA, CIRILO CERO, MACARIO CERO, FERNANDO COBALES, GABRIEL COBALES, SERGIO CONCHA, ROGELIO CONGRESO, FLORENTINO CONSIGNA, EXU-PERIO CUBERO, ROGELIO CUBERO, TIMOTEO DAPLIN, ANTONIO DOMINGO, EBODIO DONGIS, DELFIN ECO, RICARDO ENDRIGA, BIENVENIDO ESPINOSA, PAULINO ESTALANE, BENITO ESTREMOS, JUAN ESTREMERA, SAMUEL FALAR, HILARIO FEJI, JR., HENRY FONTILLAS, DOMINGO GIDA, RODOLFO GUERRA, CESAR IBANEZ, JULIAN IBANEZ, JOVENCIO INOCEDA, HONORATO IROY, DOROTEO JOVITA, ESTELITO JUANILLO, ALMA LABANDLA, CIPRIANO LABRADOR, FELIX LAGANG, RODRIGO LARODA, LEOPOLDO LAURENTE, SEGUNDINO LIMBAGA, CRISPIN LIPARANON, NONITO LIPARANON, ROGELIO LOPEZ, WILLIAM LUZARAN, CIPRIANO MACLAY, GUILLERMO MADJOS, CRISPIN MADULARA, CIPRIANO MAGLANA, LEOPOLDO MAGLANA, MARCOS MAGLANA, FLO-RENCIO MAGNO, HONESTO MAGNO, HERMINIO MAGNO, SEVERINO MAGONCIA, TRANQUILINO MAKILING, TRANQUILINO MALAZA, ROGELIO MALINAO, AGUSTIN MANDAWE, ARNULFO MANLIMOS, FLAVIANO MAPANO, EUNILO MANTE, PEDRO MAPANO JR., VICTORIANO MARSADA, PEDRO MARAGANAS, GERONIMO MARILLA, LEONARDO MARQUEDA, NICOMEDES MARQUEDA, JOSE MICABALO, TEODORICO MORATA, FLORENTINO MORENO, PABLO MULAY, FEDERICO MULLET, DIOSDADO MURILLO, MEQUIAS MUSA, FELICIDARIO MUYALDE, SERGIO NAYRE, EDUARDO OBANE, NAPOLEON OLACAO, CONSTANCIO PALCONE, PATERNO PALCONE, ALEJANDRO PAYOR, ROGELIO PELICANE, CASIMIRO PEREGRINO, FLORO POL, EUTIQUIO POMALOY, WILLIAM POMALOY, ZOSIMO PORLAS, CONSTANTINO RAMISES, CARLITO REAMBONANCA, ARCADIO REDUCTO, LORENZO REYES, HERMOGENES RULI, NESTOR RULIDA, BENITO SALOVERES, FLORENTINO SANICO, GREGORIO DELOS SANTOS, CATALINO SELIM, TEOGENIES SARVIDA, FRANCISCO SENDO, CATALINO SERNA, CELSO SOLANTE, ROBERTO SOLOMON, MARLA SUEMITH, MEMORITO TAER, SIMEON TAGBILARAN, GREGORIO TELEN, PASCUAL TELEN, JAIME TIBALLA, CARLITO TIO, DOMINADOR TIO, JAMBO TIO, SAMSON TIO, MARTIN TIO, CANDIDO TORREJOS, JOSE TORREON, CORCOPIO TORRES, EMERITO TUMALA, PETRONILO TUMALA, VECIO AGUILON, LEOPOLDO CEBUCO, CRISANTO LABRADOR, DIONISIO GULFAN, TEODORO LORETO, VICENTE TIO, BERNARDO MALUBAY, REMO CUIZON, PETRONILO LOR, EDGARDO DOMINGO, TOMAS LINGO, ARMANDO ALTRES, AND DANILA SABINO, petitioners, vs. HON. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, EASTCOAST DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES, SPOUSES CONSTANCIO and LEODEGARIA MAGLANA, ANTONIO FLORENDO, MIRIAM MAGLANA SANTAMARIA, MAGLANA AND SONS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, EASTCOAST DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED, AND GEORGE Q. CHOY, respondents.

G.R. No. 81390 | 1989-08-29

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Alleging grave abuse of discretion, amounting to lack of jurisdiction, petitioners numbering 170 in all, assail the Decision of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) in NLRC Case No. 402-LR-XI-81 (LRD Case No. STF-314-78) entitled "Nathaniel Olacao, et als., vs. Eastcoast Development Enterprises, et al.," promulgated on 18 September 1987, setting aside the Decision of Labor Arbiter Jose O. Libron awarding separation pay to petitioners, and sustaining, instead, private respondents' appeal on the ground of res judicata or, bar by prior judgment (Annex "A", Petition).

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